The biggest race I ever won was $2,000.
At another race I won Mod ET Class and R/U in Nostalgia class, but the total was less.

But that doesn't include the biggest win.
By that I mean all the things that paid me because of that win. My lucky year was 2009.
I didn't win much "round" money, and never finished 1st in any race.
But I won the track points championship, another $$$.
And in addition Summit paid $$$ to me for IHRA Super Series track winner.
And I won the Rick's Jewelers competition for a $$$ diamond ring (1st to get 5 perfect lights, or 0.000 dial-in's or combination).

It all adds up. But I do spend a lot racing, too.

The IHRA Summit Super Series (SSS) paid me more in 2011 than all my other racing combined. SSS track champion money, $1000 tow money to go to the World Championship race, etc. And the no-box World Champion, Matt Hawk from Arizona, won $10,000 cash, $1000 tow money, track champion money, enclosed trailer, golf cart, etc.
Get that IHRA "X" number! Like Davey Boyd shows (post above)
http://www.ihra.com/SummitSuperSeries/News/2012/01/10/1/

$5000 Quick-16 winner, Mopars At The Strip.

Yeah, winning the ET finals was very cool and probably went past $5K with all the contingencies. It certainly felt better

Biggest race day payout is $5000. I did win a $4000 payday way back in the early 90's too, so really it was probably the bigger ofthe two. Won a decent amount of money last year, although still waiting on some contingency monies.

My biggest “race win” was a gamblers race last year during a T&T….4 entries @ 10 bucks a piece, I got 30 bucks…and considering it was 20 bucks to run the T&T that day, I drove away nothing gained but a big smile.

Not much compared to you guys!

2009 IHRA Sportsman Nats T/S win $2000 + $3600 contingency, TOC qualifier

PBIR Nitro Jam T/S runner up $1100 + $1400 contingency

2010 IHRA Sportsman Nats T/S runner up $1200

2010 Citrus Nats Quick 16 win $1000

2010 Tomato Nats Quick 16 runner up $800

Sunshine S/pro win $1000

IRR Quick 16 runner up $850

I won a $10,000 race back in 1998 next biggest was winning the Div 4 ET finals which paid about $7500 with contingencies.

Win @ 2011 IHRA Sportsman Spectacular at Budds Creek, MD - $7,700 ($5,000 + $2,700 in contingencies)

R/U @ 2010 Moser Axle Mania at Martin, MI - $7,500

This was particularly special because it was against a variety of vehicles & classes - delay box, 2-step, etc.
Was .009 to .013 in the final but broke out by .004 against the 4.66 dial dragster.
As luck would have it, purse was divided up to give more to the other finalists. But it was all taken off of the winner's amount and runner-up stayed as advertised.

I'm just thankful that racing is able to help pay for itself because my regular job wouldn't support it for long.

I went to Cedar falls Iowa to race with a car club I was in at the time, ended up running with them in one bracket and ran street class in another. I hotlaped 16 rounds total and won them both! $200 for street and a trophy for the car club.

Got $150 for a runner-up in 1968 on this run. Red lighted it away.

$1500 for semi final loss at last years New Years Hangover race at Fontana in NO-E

5,000 bucks.got 5 out of six on the fla. lotto.the sixth # was off by only one.(my life story).but still thankfull for the cash

Ten Thousand at one of the thanksgiving races at Beech Bend a few years ago.

Largest cash win, $3,000 at Kanawa Valley IHRA stock/super stock Saturday night gamblers race at a divisional race in 2007?

Biggest total win, probably around $10,000 with purse, contingency, and points championship money at Atlanta Dragway, 1999 NMCA World Finals in the NSS class. Man, that brings back some good memories-seems like a lifetime ago!

Jeff Day
Precision Automotive Machine
Canton, Ohio
(330) 456-3045